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Tag Archives: Kid Canaveral
Opening Night of the Trees for Life Charity Exhibition
Trees for Life I attended the official opening night of the Trees for Life charity exhibition last night. It was a very strange experience to see my own poetry framed and mounted on a wall in a gallery for people … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Leith, Music, Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged Art, Beasley Street, Blue Drill Hall, Caledonian Forest, charity, Edinburgh, Evidently Chickentown, exhibition, Friday Vid, gig, Japanese food, John Cooper Clarke, Kid Canaveral, King Creosote, Leith, Liquid Room, Lothian Road, Lydia Crow, Out of the Blue, Poetry, prose, Trees for Life, Trevor Jones, Video, Wagamama, YouTube
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Making an Arse of It, Part 2
I’ve written before about how great the recently re-released debut album from Kid Canaveral Shouting at Wildlife is, and I’ve also mentioned how much I enjoy listening to singer/songwriter King Creosote. As luck would have it, both of them kicked … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Websites, Writing
Tagged Ali Wilson, arse, Bannerman's, beer, Blue Drill Hall, eBooks, Fiction, Finnegan's Wake, gig, Kid Canaveral, King Creosote, Leith, Liquid Room, live music, Music, Out of the Blue, Poetry, Rab Howat, review, The Dalry Lamas, The Rab Howat Band, Trees for Life, websites
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The Easter Bloat
Image: WebWiseforRadio.com I spent yesterday feeling bloated and stuffed. I think too much chocolate was consumed on Sunday, and the black pudding supper I had for my dinner definitely did NOT help matters. Greed, pure greed! PR My press release … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Freelance, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged and Bevvy, bloated, chocolate, day out, drink, Easter Eggs, eBooks, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, gig reviews, greed, Jamiroquai, Kid Canaveral, Kindle, live music, marketing, mother, newsletter, Pensioner, press releases, Rab Howat Band, Sneaky Pete's, Twitter
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Death by Digital
Image: DigitalAssetManagement.org.uk So, what d’you think of the new blog look? Not bad, eh? I’m very pleased with it. I fancied a new look, something quirkier and different. I particularly like the flash drive as the search bar! You know … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, blog, blog theme, Blogging, Central Station, competition, crime, design, digital, eBooks, Fiction, Found, indie publishing, International Record Store Day, Kid Canaveral, Kindle, King Creosote, manuscript, Music, novella, Rachel Sermanni, Scottish music, short story, submission, SXSW, The Phantom Band, Twitter, Withered Hand, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
It’s That Time of the Year Again
Image: Unknown Shocked Lunchtime. I’m munching on a chicken roll and a cup of bacon and sweetcorn chowder soup. I tune into the BBC News website, as I always do, to see what’s happening in the world. One of the … Continue reading →